Junior & Senior Infants Class

Classroom News & Events!

Autism Awareness Day 2021

There was a sea of blue in St. Michael’s N.S. on Friday 16th April as we celebrated our first annual Autism Awareness Day on Friday 16th April. The children in each class took part in various lessons throughout the day to raise awareness about autism. They learned what autism is, how to communicate with someone […]

School Holiday Arrangements 2021/2022

St. Michael’s NS School Holiday Arrangements 2021 / 2022 School re-opens on Thursday 26th August 2021 Halloween (Mid-term) break  From Monday 25th to Friday 29th October (5 days) Re-open on Monday 1st November. Christmas Holidays 12 noon (½ day) on Wednesday 22nd Dec to Wednesday 5th Jan 2022 (10 days) Re-open on Thursday 6th Jan […]

Easter in the Infant Classroom

Our infants were very busy in the lead up to Easter this year. We learned all about the Easter story in religion and why we celebrate Easter. We learned some Easter vocabulary in Irish and played some Easter games. We also created our own Easter Bunnies and Easter Chicks! Have a lovely Easter break everyone!

A visit from the Easter Bunny

We had a very special visitor to our school on the 26th March.. The Easter Bunny! The Easter Bunny brought Easter eggs for all of the children; it was such an exciting end to the school term. A huge thank you to our Parent’s Association who managed to contact the Easter Bunny to arrange the […]

St. Patrick’s Day in Ms Atkinson’s Room

With St. Patrick’s Day looking a little different for everyone this year, we were delighted to be able to celebrate as normal in school. We held a Lá Glás which always adds excitement to this very special day. We also completed a few different art activities.   We made fingerprint Pots of Gold using paint […]

Zoom Art Session

We created these beautiful Spring Wreaths during our art class with Jo on zoom last week. It is so wonderful to see that Spring is finally here!

Infants Return to School

The 1st of March was a very exciting day as our Infants got to return to school after Christmas. We spent the day chatting and playing with our friends as it has been so long since we were together!   We visited our school friendship garden for a chat and some meditation.   We also […]

Mother’s Day Art in Infants

We made beautiful flower bouquets for Mother’s Day with Jo over zoom. Check out our fabulous creations!

Science in Ms Atkinson’s Class

Our infants created boats using recycled materials to test whether they would sink or float. Well done boys and girls!  

Pancake Tuesday in Infants

We have a tradition here in Donaghmoyne to make pancakes in school together on Pancake Tuesday. Unfortunately we were not in school this year, but that didn’t stop us!